Humpysque prices for sockeye salmon A perfect economic storm is brewing across Alaska as the 49th state heads into the heart of the brief and frenzied season that defines its commercial […]
Plummeting value
Clickbaiting
Alaska’s largest newspaper is once again pushing – knowingly or unknowingly – the economic nonsense pitched by a mouthpiece for the state’s commercial fishing industry. “One Alaska king salmon is worth the […]
Evermore competition
News analysis “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.” Microsoft founder Bill Gates […]
The futurist
If you are an Alaska commercial fisherman or someone who simply cares about the fate of the state’s small, rural communities still dependent on commercial fishing as their economic reason to […]
A dark horizon
If you’re an Alaska commercial salmon fishermen, be forewarned; the farmers in Wisconsin are coming for you. Dangers lurking in the future might be easy to overlook coming after another boom […]
Desert fresh salmon
Almost every day it seems there comes a new swell in the wave of change breaking over an Alaska commercial salmon industry that has been a mainstay of the northern economy since […]
The failed ban
The coming year marks the 30th anniversary of the state of Alaska’s attempt to control world salmon markets by banning fish farming in the 49th state. It would seem an appropriate time […]
Patagonia attacks
“Sled Dogs” meet “Artifishal,” the latest film seeking to document the evil humans do in the quest for profit, glory and/or the noble aim of making the world better. “Sleds Dogs” was […]
Grow $$$$$
After listening to a pitch from hatchery advocates on Tuesday, Alaska House Rep. Louise Stutes, R-Alaska, the chair of the Special Committee on Fisheries, came up with a new idea how to solve […]
Tangled in conflict
Alaska Board of Fisheries member Fritz Johnson, a commercial fisherman from Bristol Bay, has resigned his seat on the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) removing one of several possible conflicts of interest […]
